Whit Stillman Quotes

Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York... it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.

Whit Stillman

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New YorkMeSmallYearNewLucky

Street-casting - people like Katie Jarvis in 'Fish Tank,' spotted having a row with her boyfriend on a railway platform - has helped make actors raise their game. They have to.

Joe Dempsie

PeopleGameFishRailwayHerRaise

Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large-scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art.

Jerry Saltz

TimeArtPicturesFirst TimeSee

I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The pause will inform the choices that you make.

Mel Gibson

JourneyChoicesThinkYouKindWill

Being a top performer - whether it's in business or on the athletic field - requires grit and tenacity, as well as the continuous desire to become better.

Amy Morin

BusinessBetterGritDesireBecome

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.

Stephen Cole Kleene

MathematicsMeLogicTwoBackground

I did watch the whole run of 'The Walking Dead.'

Alycia Debnam-Carey

WalkingRunDeadWatchWholeDid

In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

Jon Gruden

BestFootballGamePlanWeekOthers

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LearnListenSkeptical

I started making Super 8-mm films when I was about six years old and just never stopped. It was always just a hobby, but it's one of the few hobbies that can actually become a career. You know what? I think it was my plan from when I was six that this is what I was going to do.

Doug Liman

ThinkPlanHobbyYouCareerKnow

Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance - 'We don't want to typecast ourselves.' But I said, 'I want to do Irish parts. That's the thing that's gonna give me the leg up.'

Brian F. O'Byrne

SchoolMeArroganceDramaSaidWant

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Brennan Manning

LoveFearHouseLivingManyToo

As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

I AmChildNightYesterdayBlackness

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